00 CASIO QuickStartGuide Fx-CG50 Function Keys and Icons

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QUICK START GUIDE

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The status bar will display messages and current status like battery level,
angle mode, fraction results, complex mode, or input/output settings.

Select the desired icon by highlighting it and pressing l or


pressing the number or letter in the upper right corner.

The function keys allow you to access the tab (soft key) menus that
appear at the bottom of the screen. When an (>) appears above the u
key, selecting u will offer more on-screen choices.

The p key displays every mode the calculator has. To select a mode,
press $N to the desired icon and press l or press the number
or letter in the upper right hand corner of the icon.

The d key operates like the back arrow on a web browser; it will take
you back one screen each time you select it. The d key will not take
you to the icon menu.

The L key activates any function displayed on or above the calculator


buttons that is yellow. For example, to find the square root of a number,
you would need to press L, then s. L5gives you access
to on-screen color formatting.

The Okey will power the unit on. To turn the unit off, press L O.

The a key activates any function displayed on or above the


calculator buttons that is in red. For example, to type the letter A,
press a, then f.

The l key executes operations. When data is entered, the l


button must be pressed to store the data.

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The following explains the meaning of each icon on the fx-CG50 icon menu

Icon Menu Name Description

This icon menu is used for general computations, including binary, octal, decimal, and
RUN-MATRIX hexadecimal functions and matrices.

This icon menu is used to perform single-variable (standard deviation) and paired variable
STATISTICS (regression) statistical calculations, to perform tests, to analyze data and to draw statistical
graphs.

This icon menu lets you input text, math expressions, and other data in a notebook-like interface.
eACTIVITY Use this mode when you want to store text, formulas, or built-in application data in a file.

SPREAD- This icon menu is used for creating spreadsheets.


SHEET

GRAPH This icon menu is used to draw, store and calculate information from functions.

DYNAMIC This icon menu is used to store graph functions and to draw multiple versions of a graph by
GRAPH changing the values assigned to the variables in a function.

This icon menu is used to store functions, to generate a numeric table of different solutions
TABLE as the values assigned to variables in a function change, and to draw graphs.

This icon menu is used to store recursion formulas, to generate a numeric table of different
RECURSION solutions as the values assigned to variables in a function change, and to draw graphs.

CONIC This icon menu is used to graph parabolas, circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas. Conic sections can
GRAPH be inputted as rectangular functions, polar coordinates, or parametric functions for graphing.

This icon menu is used to solve linear equations with two through six unknowns,
EQUATION and high-order equations from 2nd to 6th degree.

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The following explains the meaning of each icon on the fx-CG50 icon menu

Icon Menu Name Description

PROGRAM This icon menu is used to store programs in the program area and to run programs.

This icon menu is used to perform financial calculations and to draw cash flow
FINANCIAL and other types of graphs.

This icon menu is used to control the optionally available EA-200 Data Analyzer. For information
E-CON4 about this icon menu, download the E-CON manual from http://edu.casio.com.

LINK This icon menu is used to transfer memory contents or back-up data to another unit or PC.

MEMORY This icon is used to manage data stored in memory.

This icon menu is used to initialize memory, adjust contrast, reset memory, and to manage
SYSTEM other system settings.

GEOMETRY This icon menu allows you to draw, analyze and animate geometric objects.

PICTURE This icon menu allows you to plot points (that represent coordinates) on the screen
PLOT and then perform various analysis based on the plotted data.

3D GRAPH This icon menu allows you to draw 3-dimensional graphs.

This icon menu indicates the “Metric Conversion” add-in application is installed.
CONVERSION
To do conversions, go to the Run-Matrix icon and press i.

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